Over the few decades, I have coached and worked with teams across many industries, and the same pattern continues to appear: most teams want to perform at a higher level, yet lack a clear, shared understanding of what makes a team effective. Team performance is often discussed through anecdotes or assumptions rather than a structured lens.

Today I am introducing the Team Dynamics Framework, a practical, research-informed model built to change that. The framework brings together insight from Lencioni, Katzenbach and Smith, the Lominger T7 model, and years of evidence from HBR and Sloan. It identifies three essential facets of effective teaming: Mindset, Mechanics, and Alignment,  and breaks these into ten components that any team can strengthen.

The current diagram is a simple first version, and a more polished, professionally designed visual is already on the way. The intention is for the framework to be as clear, accessible, and practical in presentation as it is in application.

Alongside the model, I have created a short Team Dynamics Survey and a more advanced Team Dynamics 360° assessment, which leaders and teams can use to identify strengths, uncover gaps, and prioritise improvement.

Over the winter I aim to develop a full set of tools to help leaders at all levels raise their team performance.

The aim is simple: to give teams a common language for how they think, work, and align. To understand more head to the Team Dynamics Framework page.

Want help applying the Team Dynamics Framework to your own team?

For You: Leadership Clinic

Bring one team you suspect is underperforming for reasons you can’t quite pin down. I prepare beforehand, then we spend 90 focused minutes mapping it against the Team Dynamics Framework’s three facets (mindset, mechanics and alignment) to find what’s actually holding it back.

For You: Executive Coaching

For team performance challenges that need more than one conversation. Work with me over time to become clearer, more specific and more skilful at diagnosing and strengthening the ten components that make teams effective, not just relying on anecdotes and assumptions.

For Your Organisation: Team Dynamics 360° Assessment

Bring me in to run the Team Dynamics Survey and 360° assessment with your team: a structured, research-informed way to identify strengths, uncover gaps, and prioritise what to improve.

Choose the level of support that fits what you are working through.